I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us!
I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

CAS Trust In The Lord

Hi
Friends!!

After Awana this evening, I
had a chance to create a Clean and Simple (CAS) card for the Splitcoaststampers’ CC550 Color Challenge (optional dessert is sky) and I am so thankful that I can finally participate in this week's color challenge before the challenge officially "ends" (well, they are open "forever" technically but at least before next week's starts) :-)

This retired stamp set has always held a special place in my studio and this image along with the verse sentiment is
definitely "a goal of mine" this year- to trust in the Lord with all of my heart
and lean not on my own understanding.

I
am trusting in Him for strength and healing for my husband, wisdom for our upcoming
retirement and finances as well as growing in my knowledge of the Bible and "resting" in Him with Bible Study and Bible
Art Journaling.

October
will be a very busy month for me for card designing- I am now on four Design Teams
as a regular member (The Card Concept, SUO Challenges, Sweet –n- Sassy
Stamps and "fifth Thursday" SCS "Free For All" Challenge sample maker) and will be participating on four different Design Teams as a Guest Designer for October (Our Daily Bread Designs and the other three will be announced as each is announced on the challenge blogs).

The "toes in the water" on the stamped focal image reflects the steps that I am
taking with my stamping and venturing into different avenues of styles and
designs- I love anything that has to do with art and, of course, stamping and am trying to design at
least one card each day!

As
always, I find that Splitcoaststampers is the best site for stamping inspiration and I hope you will
find the time to check out each of the above gallery links- gorgeous samples by
all!

To
create this card:

Ink the image from
the retired set, Summer By The Sea using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto
Whisper White cardstock.

Color using an
AquaPainter™ and ink from the Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist and Soft Sky
Stampin’ Write Markers (also using ink from the Soft Sky Classic Ink Pad for
the sky mixed with the Marina Mist Marker).

Add additional black
details with the Faber-Castell® Black Pitt Pen Marker (I added three birds,
extended the boat image and added a water line for the horizon) and add a few
white highlights to the water with the Faber-Castell® White Pitt Pen Marker.

Use the Sahara Sand
Stampin’ Write Marker to add shadows and once the panel is dry, cut it out with
the Big Shot™ and the retired Window Collection
Framelits™ die.

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